سُوْرَةُ الْمُؤْمِنُوْنَ

Surah Al-Muminoon (23) — Ayah 38

The Believers · Meccan · Juz 18 · Page 344

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا رَجُلٌ ٱفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا وَمَا نَحْنُ لَهُۥ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ ﴿38﴾
"He is only a man who has invented a lie against Allâh, and we are not going to believe in him."
إِنْ in Not
هُوَ huwa (is) he
إِلَّا illā but
رَجُلٌ rajulun a man
ٱفْتَرَىٰ if'tarā who (has) invented
عَلَى ʿalā about
ٱللَّهِ l-lahi Allah
كَذِبًۭا kadhiban a lie
وَمَا wamā and not
نَحْنُ naḥnu we
لَهُۥ lahu (in) him
بِمُؤْمِنِينَ bimu'minīna (are) believers

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(Ayah 38){ اِنْ هُوَ اِلَّا رَجُلٌ افْتَرٰى … :} That is, this {’’ رَجُلٌ ‘‘} (man) claims prophethood while being a human and warns of life after death, so he is merely fabricating lies against Allah, or he is just a man who... The letter "ba" in {’’ بِمُؤْمِنِيْنَ ‘‘} is also for emphasis of negation, therefore the word "har giz" (never) has been added in the translation.

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38-1. That is, the promise of being resurrected is a sheer lie that this person is fabricating against Allah.

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38. He is only a man who has fabricated a lie against Allah [42], and we will never believe in him.

[42] From this verse, it is understood that the people of ‘Ad believed in the existence of Allah Almighty. And in their view, the lie that Hud ؑ was attributing to Allah was that he claimed to have been sent as a messenger to them from Allah, or that after death, Allah would surely resurrect them and hold them accountable for their deeds. And they were absolutely unwilling to accept either of these two things.